Document 6579456

WEEKLY PARENT INFORMATION NEWSLETTER – Year 2
Week beginning Monday 27
2 7 October
Messages
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Upcoming charity events:
The Giving Tree - an opportunity for our community to give a little at Christmas by
volunteering gift bags for migrant school children and their teachers. Please return reply
slips ASAP if you wish to join our initiative. Ask teachers for more details.
River of Hearts clothes donation - an opportunity for our community to clear out any
unused/unwanted clothing items of any size or style and bring them into school for
distribution across China for those in need. Donation Week begins 27th October.
The week commencing 3 November is book week and the theme this year is ‘Stories
form the last 10 Years’. On Friday 7 November there will be a whole school dress up day
where children are invited to come as a book character from the last 10 years. Parents are
also invited to be a ‘Mystery reader’ during this week. If you are interested please let your
class teacher know.
Parent-Teacher Conferences – Please take note of the dates for our Term 1 PTC’s Tuesday 4 and Thursday 6 November. Information and appointment slips have been sent
home.
Literacy
This week we will be continuing our diary writing as the children use the book ‘Window’ by
Jeannie Baker. During our lessons we will use VCOP to support our writing and we will plan our
diaries with the support of visual aids and speaking and listening skills.
Phonics
This week in phonics the children will be studying the following sounds or phases:
Stingrays: Reading and writing two-syllable words
Starfish:: recapping sounds from Phase 4
Starfish
Jellyfish:
Jellyfish: Alternative ‘ie’ and ‘ea’ sounds
Octopus:
Octopus : Alternative pronunciations for ‘y’
Sharks: alternative ‘a’ sounds
Pufferfish:
Pufferfish: using various spelling strategies including syllables and mnemonics.
Maths
This week the children will be moving on to the topic of money. They will be learning to
recognise place value and number facts to solve money problems. They will also be adding and
subtracting using concrete objects and pictorial representations, based around different
monetary amounts.
Themed Learning - Buildings
This term we will be learning about Buildings. Our focus will be to use different sources to
highlight continuity and change of buildings over the last 20 years. The children will also create a
3D timeline street to show the development of buildings over time. Children will also learn about
the lift of Laszlo Ede Hudec and see how his buildings influenced Shanghai.
Science
After learning about which substances are best for joining materials together and the properties
of materials, the children will be using this knowledge to help create their own buildings. The
children will plan what they need, make observations and evaluate their buildings.
Art
In Art children will begin to work on a collage of a landscape of different buildings. We will be
giving the children half of a picture and asking them to recreate the other half using various
materials. The children will also be looking at how 3D shape influences buildings and use some
3D shapes to create buildings.
Computer Science
In computer Science next week children will be continuing to work on their basic skills of
logging on and off of the computers, basic typing skills and selecting the correct programs.
PSHCE
The children will continue to learn how to work together. They will learn about what makes a
good member of the team and how they can contribute in a group situation. We will also be
reinforcing using our manners and social graces.
Vocabulary
Literacy – I, me, my, diary, first, next, then, after that, finally, because, and, but.
Maths–
Maths Total, addition, subtraction, money, amount, tens, ones, partition, solve.
ScienceScience - Materials, smooth, hard, rough, strong, weak, flexible, transparent, translucent, opaque,
brick, concrete, cement, glass, metal, steel, observe, predict, plan, evaluate
Art – Shape, shade, sketch, design, review, observation.
PSHCE – Together, sharing, contribution, team work, manner, please, thank you.
Dutch
Spuit Elf, Grote heldendaden van een kleine brandweerolifant zal de komende weken centraal
staan. Het boek is geschreven door Harmen van Straaten en zal aanleiding geven tot allerlei
taalactiviteiten. De grote brandweer – schrijf – spuit wordt langzaam aan gevuld. Jeetje mina, wat
gaan die kinderen rap! Ze schrijven moeiteloos de Nederlandse klanken. Knap hoor!
Leuk filmpje voor bij het boek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmUhIz98UmE
Mandarin Y2MNDC1
Review the topics we have covered so far through some interactive activities.
Mandarin Y2MNDC2
Topic: Brothers and Sisters
Core Characters:
gege/elder brother; jiejie/elder sister;
meimei/ younger sister
Core Sentences:
Wo you …… / I have…
Activities: A family nursery rhyme.
Extended learning content: Character - you/ have/has
哥哥
我有
Mandarin Y2MNDC3
Topic: Fruits
Core Vocabulary:
pingguo/apple;
tao/peach;
xigua/water melon
西瓜
苹果
姐
弟弟 didi/younger brother; 妹妹
有
香蕉xiangjiao/banana; 橙子chengzi/orange; 梨li/pear; 桃
你喜欢什么水果Ni xihuan shenme shuiguo? /What fruits do you like? 我喜欢
Core Sentences:
Wo xihuan……/I like….
Activities: Chant it
Mandarin Y2 MNDCN
本周复习本学期学习的儿歌，生字和词语；巩固拼音（拼读音节）；复习我们学习过的笔画，
了解汉字的结构。